Keeping a High Functioning Team Engaged is a Lot Less Expensive Than Shuffling or Starting Over Leading a successful team takes a leader who puts trust, honesty, and inspiration at the top of his or her leadership priorities. All employees are sometimes irritating, but so are you. Take a breath and count to 100. Replacing key employees is a lot harder and much more expensive, than learning to engage, and inspire, high profile employees. Employee turnover eats at your bottom line like a giant rat. Estimates, range from 30% of the fired worker’s wages, to 150%. (The disparity is commensurate … Read more…

Announcing the Team Building Decision Tree, designed for someone looking for a team building event that meets their needs. Even if you don’t know where to start or what event might be the best, look no further. Simply answer a few questions about your event and what you are looking for, and this easy to use program will direct you to the best event(s) for your group. You can start again at any time, and there is no registration or follow up required. If you’d like to be included in the drawing for a $100 VISA card, please go to … Read more…

Team building benefits a supportive environment rather than a competitive one and can increase the efficiency of your employees. CEOs are re-thinking their business practices. Team-building activities, whether conducted daily, weekly or monthly can greatly impact the way your employees view their position, each other and the company as a whole. Activities that encourage teamwork and collaborative efforts have proven to enhance employee cohesion. Staff members who work towards a common goal in a team-building activity, such as a comedy improv skit or an outdoor scavenger hunt, will begin to understand how virtues such as respect, trust and dependence can … Read more…

Need a quick, easy way to incorporate team building activities into your office? We’ve made it simple for you! Here are 20 Free Team Activities for your workplace. We’ve done some research and brainstorming, and have outlined 20 team building activities that you can do with your staff or department at any time, for absolutely no cost. Each activity has complete descriptions on how prepare, manage, and lead the event, including some debrief questions and thoughts to discuss at the completion of the activity. Debrief questions are provided to help the participants see the value of what they have completed … Read more…